Alexander Kristoff
{{Short description|Norwegian road bicycle racer (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Alexander Kristoff
| image = Alexander Kristoff - 2023 UCI Road World Championships (Men's road race).jpg
| caption = Kristoff at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships
| fullname = Alexander Kristoff
| nickname = The Stavanger Stallion{{Cite web |url=https://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/alexander-kristoff-is-yelling-at-the-heat/ |title=Alexander Kristoff is yelling at the heat |last=Treloar |first=Iain |date=17 July 2022 |work=Velo |publisher=Outside Inc. |access-date=1 November 2024}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|5|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Oslo, Norway
| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|UXT}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = {{unbulleted list|Sprinter|Classics specialist}}
| proyears1 = 2006
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GLU|2006}}
| proyears2 = 2007–2009
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TMB|2007}}
| proyears3 = 2010–2011
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}}
| proyears4 = 2012–2017
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}}
| proyears5 = 2018–2021
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|UAD|2018}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uae-team-emirates-complete-2020-roster-with-re-signing-of-former-world-champion-rui-costa/ |title=UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=3 January 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15246/1000595/279 |title=UAE Team Emirates |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=2 January 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102221611/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15246/1000595/279 |archive-date=2 January 2021}}
| proyears6 = 2022
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|IWG|2022}}{{cite news |first=Barry |last=Ryan |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/intermarche-wanty-bank-on-kristoffs-experience-in-2022/ |title=Intermarché-Wanty bank on Kristoff's experience in 2022 |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=26 October 2021 |access-date=23 December 2021}}
| proyears7 = 2023–
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|UXT|2023}}
| majorwins = Grand Tours
:: 4 individual stages (2014, 2018, 2020)
:Three Days of De Panne (2015)
:European Road Race Championships (2017)
:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2007, 2011)}}
:Eschborn–Frankfurt (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
:Scheldeprijs (2015, 2022)
:Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (2015, 2018, 2019)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{NOR}}}}
{{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Road race}}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalSilver |2017 Bergen|Road race}}
{{MedalCompetition | European Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2017 Herning | Road race}}
}}
Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987{{ProCyclingStats|140749}}) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|UXT}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17711 |title=Uno – X Pro Cycling Team |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |accessdate=19 January 2023}}
A sprinter and classics rider, Kristoff is the most successful Norwegian cyclist by number of wins, having taken almost 100 victories during his professional career. He has won four Tour de France stages, the 2014 Milan–San Remo and 2015 Tour of Flanders one-day races – as a result, becoming the only Norwegian rider, as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, to win a cycling monument – and has won medals in the road race at the Olympic Games (2012; bronze), the UCI Road World Championships (2017; silver), and the European Road Cycling Championships (2017; gold). He also holds the record for most wins at the one-day races Eschborn–Frankfurt (four) and the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (three), and most stage wins at the Tour of Oman (nine), the Tour of Norway (eleven), and the Arctic Race of Norway (seven).
Career
=Early career=
At the age of six, he moved from Oslo to Stavanger. His stepfather got him interested in cycling rather than football. He started riding for Stavanger SK. At 16 he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in the youth category, and finished fourth at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.Dagbladet Sportsmagasinet 29 August 2008. Alexander Kristoff. Page 8 He turned professional in 2006 with {{UCI team code|GLU|2006}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/alexander-kristoff/ |title=Alexander Kristoff |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |accessdate=3 November 2024}} In 2007, he won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships at 19, beating Thor Hushovd in a sprint of four riders.{{cite news |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/sport/2007/07/01/yngstemann-ble-bestemann/ |title=Yngstemann ble bestemann |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Youngest man became best man |website=Dagsavisen |date=1 July 2007 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He won a stage at the Ringerike GP in both 2008 and 2009,{{cite news |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2008/jun08/ringerike08/ringerike084 |title=Stage 4 - June 7: Hønefoss - Hønefoss, 178km |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=7 June 2008 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2009/jun09/ringerike09/ringerike093 |title=Stage 3 - June 5: Beitostølen - Vik I Hole, 225km |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=5 June 2009 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and finished second to Kurt Asle Arvesen in the National Road Race Championships in 2009.{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Simms |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/norwegian-championships-cn/elite-men-and-junior-women-road-race/results/ |title=Arvesen takes home title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=28 June 2009 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
=BMC Racing Team (2010–2011)=
Kristoff joined the {{UCI team code|BMC|2010}}, a UCI Professional Continental team, for the 2010 season.{{cite news |first=Greg |last=Johnson |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bmc-adds-youth-to-experienced-2010-roster/ |title=BMC adds youth to experienced 2010 roster |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=9 September 2009 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} In his first season with the team, his best result was a third-place finish at the Philadelphia International Championship.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/philadelphia-international-championship-1-hc/results/ |title=Goss gets his wish in Philly |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=6 June 2010 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} The following year, he took his first victory with the team, winning the Norwegian National Road Race Championships title for the second time,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/norwegian-road-championships-2011/elite-men-road-race/results/ |title=Kristoff claims Norwegian title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=26 June 2011 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and entered his first Grand Tour – the Giro d'Italia, finishing third on stage eight.
=Team Katusha (2012–2017)=
==2012–2013==
For the 2012 season, Kristoff joined {{UCI team code|KAT|2012}}.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-signs-for-katusha |website=Cycling News |date=20 August 2011 |access-date=1 January 2012 |title=Kristoff signs for Katusha}} His first victory with the team was stage 3a of the Three Days of De Panne,{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Atkins |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11481/Race-leader-Alexander-Kristoff-gets-his-stage-in-Driedaagse-De-Panne-Koksijde-3a.aspx |title=Race leader Alexander Kristoff gets his stage in Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde 3a |work=VeloNation |publisher=VeloNation LLC |date=29 March 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} but lost the race lead during the final individual time trial stage; he ultimately won the race's points classification.{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Atkins |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11485/Sylvain-Chavanel-time-trials-to-victory-in-the-Driedaagse-De-Panne-Koksijde.aspx |title=Sylvain Chavanel time trials to victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde |work=VeloNation |publisher=VeloNation LLC |date=29 March 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He again competed in the Giro d'Italia, finishing second to Mark Cavendish on stage thirteen.{{cite news |first=James |last=Callow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/18/giro-d-italia-team-sky |title=Mark Cavendish outclasses field to win stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=18 May 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Having finished third in the Norwegian National Road Race Championships in late June,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/norwegian-road-championships-2012/elite-men-road-race/results/ |title=Boasson Hagen with first Norwegian road title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=24 June 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff won a bronze medal in the road race at the London Olympics the following month, leading home the main field eight seconds down on race winner Alexander Vinokourov.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18909585 |title=Mark Cavendish's Olympic bid fails as Alexandre Vinokourov wins gold |access-date=28 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728171644/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18909585 |archive-date=28 July 2012 |url-status=dead}} Following the Olympics, Kristoff won a stage and the points classification at the Danmark Rundt,{{cite news |first=Ben |last=Atkins |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12722/Tour-of-Denmark-Alexander-Kristoff-sprints-to-rainy-morning-stage-four.aspx |title=Tour of Denmark: Alexander Kristoff sprints to rainy morning stage four |work=VeloNation |publisher=VeloNation LLC |date=25 August 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/post-danmark-rundt-tour-of-denmark-2012/stage-6/results/ |title=Cavendish wins final stage at Tour of Denmark |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=26 August 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} finished third overall and won the points classification at the World Ports Classic, and finished second behind solo winner Lars Bak at the Grand Prix de Fourmies.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-de-fourmies-la-voix-du-nord-2012/results/ |title=Bak foils the sprinters in GP de Fourmies |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=9 September 2012 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
File:Alexander Kristoff winner Tour des Fjords 2 stage.JPG]]
The following year, Kristoff led home the chase group at March's Milan–San Remo, finishing in eighth place for his first top-ten cycling monument result. He again won stage 3a of the Three Days of De Panne,{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/alexander-kristoff-wins-morning-stage-in-de-panne-32331 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins morning stage in De Panne |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=IPC Media |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} to take the race lead ahead of the final individual time trial stage where he fared better than in 2012, finishing sixth – but dropped behind Sylvain Chavanel in the general classification.{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/sylvain-chavanel-wins-three-days-of-de-panne-32304 |title=Sylvain Chavanel wins Three Days of De Panne |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=IPC Media |date=28 March 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He then placed fourth at the Tour of Flanders, again leading home a chasing group of riders,{{cite news |first=Brecht |last=Decaluwé |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-flanders-2013/results/ |title=Cancellara wins Tour of Flanders |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=31 March 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and also finished in the top ten places at Paris–Roubaix with ninth.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-2013/results/ |title=Cancellara wins his third Paris-Roubaix |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=7 April 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He then won the opening two stages of Tour of Norway,{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2013/stage-1/results/ |title=Glava Tour of Norway: Kristoff wins his first duel with Boasson Hagen |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=15 May 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2013/stage-2/results/ |title=Glava Tour of Norway: Kristoff wins second straight stage |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=16 May 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before winning a third stage on the final day.{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2013/stage-5/results/ |title=Glava Tour of Norway: Boasson Hagen takes second consecutive title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=19 May 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} At June's Tour de Suisse, Kristoff took his first victory at UCI World Tour level, winning the fifth stage into Leuggern from a bunch sprint.{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Benson |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-suisse-2013/stage-5/results/ |title=Kristoff takes sprint victory in Leuggern |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=12 June 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} After losing out to Thor Hushovd in the Norwegian National Road Race Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/plE9V/hushovd-vant-soelv-til-kristoff |title=Hushovd vant, sølv til Kristoff |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Hushovd won, silver to Kristoff |work=Stavanger Aftenblad |publisher=Schibsted |date=23 June 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff then competed in his first Tour de France, placing second on the opening stage.{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/06/news/marcel-kittel-rides-into-yellow-and-global-spotlight-in-bastia_292661 |title=Marcel Kittel rides into yellow, and global spotlight, in Bastia |first=Andrew |last=Hood |work=VeloNews |date=29 June 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |archive-date=2 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702104741/http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/06/news/marcel-kittel-rides-into-yellow-and-global-spotlight-in-bastia_292661 |url-status=dead}} Following the Tour de France, Kristoff finished fourth overall at the Tour des Fjords, having won an individual stage,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-fjords-2013/stage-2/results/ |title=Kristoff sprints to stage 2 win in Tour des Fjords |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=18 August 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} the team time trial – as part of {{UCI team code|KAT|2013}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-fjords-2013/stage-3/results/ |title=Katusha helps Chernetskiy extend lead with TTT win |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=18 August 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} – and the points classification. His final notable result of the year was a third-place finish at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Germany, behind home riders John Degenkolb and André Greipel.{{cite news |first=José |last=Been |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vattenfall-cyclassics-2013/results/ |title=Degenkolb gets home win in Vattenfall Cyclassics |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=25 August 2013 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
==2014==
File:Alexander Kristoff Jarle Vines.JPG]]
Kristoff took his first win of 2014 at February's Tour of Oman, winning the second stage of the race.{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/alexander-kristoff-wins-tour-oman-stage-two-115378 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Oman stage two |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=IPC Media |date=19 February 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} The following month, he became the first Norwegian rider to win a cycling monument, when he won Milan–San Remo in a sprint finish of some 25 riders.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/katusha-teamwork-key-to-kristoffs-milan-san-remo-victory/ |title=Katusha teamwork key to Kristoff's Milan-San Remo victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=24 March 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He again finished in the top five at the Tour of Flanders, with a fifth-place result,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-flanders-2014/results/ |title=Cancellara wins the 2014 Tour of Flanders |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=6 April 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before winning the Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz one-day race in a sprint finish in Frankfurt.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/rund-um-den-finanzplatz-eschborn-frankfurt-2014/results/ |title=Kristoff wins in Frankfurt |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=1 May 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} The latter result started a prolific month of May for Kristoff, as he won two stages and the points classification at the Tour of Norway,{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2014/stage-1/results/ |title=Kristoff wins opening stage in Norway |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=21 May 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2014/stage-5/results/ |title=Tour of Norway: Kristoff wins final stage as Paterski takes the overall |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=25 May 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and then went on to win three stages, the general classification and the points classification at the Tour des Fjords.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-des-fjords-2014/stage-2/results/ |title=Alexander Kristoff wins Tour des Fjords stage 2 |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=29 May 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-des-fjords-2014/stage-4/results/ |title=Kristoff takes second win at Tour {{sic|de |nolink=yes}} Fjords|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=31 May 2014|accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-des-fjords-2014/stage-5/results/ |title=Kristoff claims third Tour des Fjords stage to seal overall victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=1 June 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
Having earlier finished second on stages four and six,{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Benson |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2014/stage-4/results/ |title=Tour de France: Kittel makes it three in Lille Métropole |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=8 July 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Sean |last=Ingle |authorlink=Sean Ingle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/10/tour-de-france-andre-greipel-stage-six |title=Tour de France 2014: André Greipel triumphs in stage six in Reims |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=10 July 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff took his first Grand Tour stage win with victory on stage twelve of July's Tour de France, prevailing in Saint-Étienne ahead of Peter Sagan and Arnaud Démare.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/28352941 |title=Tour de France 2014: Alexander Kristoff wins stage 12 |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=17 July 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He took another stage win on stage 15,{{cite news |first=William |last=Fotheringham |authorlink=William Fotheringham |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/20/alexander-kristoff-wins-stage-15-of-tour-de-france-with-nibali-safe |title=Alexander Kristoff wins stage 15 of Tour de France with Nibali safe |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=20 July 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} beating Heinrich Haussler and Sagan in Nîmes, as he ultimately finished as runner-up in the points classification, some 150 points in arrears of Sagan. He then followed this up with second overall at the Arctic Race of Norway, along with two stage wins and the points classification,{{cite news |url=https://www.velouk.net/2014/08/17/team-news-kristoffs-win-caps-perfect-week-norway/ |title=Team News – Kristoff's win caps perfect week in Norway |work=VeloUK |publisher=LH Publishing |date=17 August 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and a bunch sprint victory at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-continues-his-winning-ways-in-hamburg/ |title=Kristoff continues his winning ways in Hamburg |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=25 August 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He competed in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships for the first time since 2010, culminating in an eighth-place finish. He finished the season with fourteen victories, and an eighth-place finish in the final standings of the UCI World Tour.{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Windsor |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/alejandro-valverde-tops-uci-worldtour-2014-chris-froome-finishes-seventh-2-139858 |title=Alejandro Valverde tops UCI WorldTour 2014, as Chris Froome finishes seventh |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=14 October 2014 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
==2015==
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At his first start of the 2015 season, Kristoff won three stages at the Tour of Qatar,{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Puddicombe |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/alexander-kristoff-takes-third-stage-win-tour-qatar-157249 |title=Alexander Kristoff takes third stage win in Tour of Qatar |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=12 February 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} finishing third overall and he also won the points classification.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-qatar-2015/stage-6/results/ |title=Sam Bennett wins final stage of Tour of Qatar |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=13 February 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He also won stages of the Tour of Oman and Paris–Nice,{{cite news |first=Sadhbh |last=O'Shea |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2015/stage-3/results/ |title=Tour of Oman: Kristoff strikes on stage three |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=19 February 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/31803472 |title=Norway's Alexander Kristoff claims Paris-Nice stage win |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=9 March 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} either side of a second-place finish to Mark Cavendish at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.{{cite web |last1=Benson |first1=Daniel |title=Cavendish sprints to Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne win |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/kuurne-bruxelles-kuurne-2015/results |website=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=6 March 2015}} He attempted to retain his Milan–San Remo title, but was outsprinted for the victory by John Degenkolb, and ultimately finished second.{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/results-2015-milano-sanremo_364169 |title=Results: 2015 Milano-Sanremo |work=VeloNews |date=22 March 2015 |access-date=31 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429010140/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/03/news/results-2015-milano-sanremo_364169 |archive-date=29 April 2015 |url-status=dead}} He then placed fourth at E3 Harelbeke,{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/e3-harelbeke-2015/results |title=Thomas solos away from Stybar to win E3 Harelbeke |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=27 March 2015 |access-date=27 March 2015}} and ninth at Gent–Wevelgem.{{cite news |first=Brecht |last=Decaluwé |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-2015/results/ |title=Paolini wins Gent-Wevelgem |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=29 March 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} At the Three Days of De Panne, he won the opening stage from a six-man breakaway, having been led out in the sprint by teammate Sven Erik Bystrøm.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-2015/stage-1/results |title=Kristoff wins Driedaagse De Panne opener in Zottegem |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=31 March 2015}} He won the following two stages in bunch sprints, the second of which by {{convert|5|mm|abbr=off}} ahead of André Greipel.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingquotes.com/news/kristoff_makes_it_two_in_a_row_in_de_panne/ |title=Kristoff makes it two in a row in De Panne |work=Cycling Quotes |publisher=CyclingQuotes.com |date=1 April 2015 |access-date=1 April 2015 |first=Emil |last=Axelgaard}}{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-2015/stage-3a/results |title=Kristoff strikes again at Driedaagse de Panne |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=2 April 2015 |access-date=2 April 2015}} Having held a 22-second lead going into the final individual time trial, Kristoff recorded the third-fastest time to win both the general and points classifications.{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Farrand |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-2015/stage-3b/results/ |title=Wiggins dominates De Panne time trial as Kristoff wins overall title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=2 April 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
He then went on to win April's Tour of Flanders, his main goal for the spring classics, to become the first Norwegian rider to win the cobbled cycling monument.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/32181324 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Flanders, Geraint Thomas 14th |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=5 April 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} With some {{convert|30|km|abbr=off}} remaining, Niki Terpstra attacked and only Kristoff went with him. The duo got a lead of 30 seconds with the remains of the lead group unable to catch them; Kristoff beat Terpstra in the sprint, to take his biggest win up to that point.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/alexander-kristoff-wins-tour-of-flanders-165193 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Flanders |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=IPC Media Sports & Leisure network |date=5 April 2015 |access-date=5 April 2015 |first=Nigel |last=Wynn}} Three days later Kristoff won the sprinters' semi-classic Scheldeprijs,{{cite news |first=Sadhbh |last=O'Shea |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-my-run-of-form-is-a-dream-come-true/ |title=Kristoff: My run of form is a dream come true |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=8 April 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} becoming the first rider to win the Three Days of De Panne, the Tour of Flanders and the Scheldeprijs in the same season. With this form, Kristoff was seen as a favourite for Paris–Roubaix, but he ultimately finished the race in tenth place,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/paris-roubaix-2015/results/ |title=Degenkolb wins Paris-Roubaix |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=12 April 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} prior to a pre-planned break from racing.
He returned to the peloton a month later at the Tour of Norway, winning the first two stages, the points classification and finishing eighth overall.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/news-shorts-kristoff-secures-13th-victory-of-the-season-in-norway/ |title=News shorts: Kristoff secures 13th victory of the season in Norway |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=22 May 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2015/stage-5/results/ |title=Tour of Norway: Vangstad solos to victory on final day |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=24 May 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He then won the first three stages at the Tour des Fjords, where he again won the points classification and finished in ninth place overall.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-des-fjords-2015/stage-3/results |title=Three in a row for Kristoff at Tour des Fjords |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=29 May 2015 |access-date=2 June 2015 |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet}}{{cite news |first=Jean-François |last=Quénet |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-des-fjords-2015/stage-5/results/ |title=Tour des Fjords: Boasson Hagen wins final stage |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=31 May 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He then took two further victories in Switzerland in June, winning both the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton and the seventh stage of the Tour de Suisse in bunch sprints.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-du-canton-dargovie-2015/results/ |title=Kristoff wins GP du canton d'Argovie |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=11 June 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/06/news/road/kristoff-claims-tour-de-suisse-stage-7-in-long-range-sprint_374546 |title=Kristoff claims Tour de Suisse stage 7 in long-range sprint |work=VeloNews |date=19 June 2015 |access-date=19 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619215859/http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/06/news/road/kristoff-claims-tour-de-suisse-stage-7-in-long-range-sprint_374546 |archive-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=dead}} Before the end of the season, Kristoff took a further two victories – winning the opening stage of the Arctic Race of Norway and the GP Ouest-France one-day race{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/arctic-race-of-norway-2015/stage-1/results/ |title=Kristoff wins opening stage at Arctic Race of Norway |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=13 August 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/katusha-overtakes-sky-in-worldtour-ranking-after-kristoff-wins-gp-plouay-189262 |title=Katusha overtake Sky in WorldTour ranking after Kristoff's GP Plouay win |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=31 August 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} – to take his tally to twenty wins, while also finishing second at the Vattenfall Cyclassics,{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Westemeyer |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vattenfall-cyclassics-2015/results/ |title=Greipel wins bunch sprint in Hamburg |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=23 August 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} third at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec,{{cite news |first=Kirsten |last=Frattini |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-cycliste-de-quebec-2015/results/ |title=Uran wins Grand Prix Quebec |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and fourth in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in the United States.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-road-world-championships-2015/elite-men-road-race/results/ |title=Sagan storms to solo victory at the World Championships |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=27 September 2015 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
==2016==
Kristoff started his 2016 season with a hat-trick of stage wins at the flat Tour of Qatar, finishing in second position overall to Mark Cavendish.{{cite news |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-repeats-hat-trick-of-stage-wins-at-tour-of-qatar/ |title=Kristoff repeats hat-trick of stage wins at Tour of Qatar |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=12 February 2016 |access-date=12 February 2016 |last=Ryan |first=Barry}} He then took a further two stage victories at the Tour of Oman,{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/alexander-kristoff-wins-tour-of-oman-stage-three-212498 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins Tour of Oman stage three |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=18 February 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Owen |last=Rogers |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/vincenzo-nibali-seals-tour-of-oman-overall-victory-as-alexander-kristoff-takes-stage-win-212825 |title=Vincenzo Nibali seals Tour of Oman overall victory as Alexander Kristoff takes stage win |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=21 February 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before a second consecutive runner-up finish at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, leading home the main field behind the solo winner Jasper Stuyven.{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Fletcher |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/second-again-for-kristoff-at-kuurne-brussel-kuurne/ |title=Second again for Kristoff at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=29 February 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He won the opening stage of the Three Days of De Panne from a three-rider lead group,{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/kristoff-wins-stage-one-three-days-de-panne-218710 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins opening stage of Three Days of De Panne |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=29 March 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} maintaining the race lead until the final individual time trial stage, dropping to second overall behind Lieuwe Westra – but he did win the points classification.{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Farrand |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-2016/stage-3b/results/ |title=Westra wins Three Days of De Panne |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=31 March 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He was unable to defend his title at the Tour of Flanders, leading home a small group of riders in fourth position,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-flanders-2016/results/ |title=Peter Sagan storms to Tour of Flanders win |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=3 April 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before taking another win at the Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz one-day race, held at the start of May.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/rund-um-den-finanzplatz-eschborn-frankfurt-2016/results/ |title=Kristoff wins Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=1 May 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Prior to the Tour de France, Kristoff took a stage victory at the Tour of California,{{cite news |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/cycling/2016/05/21/kristoff-vos-win-stages-in-tour-of-california/84726044/ |title=Kristoff, Vos win stages in Tour of California |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |agency=Associated Press |date=21 May 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and he finished second to Edvald Boasson Hagen at the Norwegian National Road Race Championships. He was unable to take any stage wins at the Tour de France, taking a best result of second place on two occasions, losing out to Cavendish on stage fourteen and Peter Sagan on stage sixteen.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/36815986 |title=Tour de France: Mark Cavendish wins stage 14 as Chris Froome retains lead |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=16 July 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Parker |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/tour-de-france-2016-chris-froome-retains-yellow-jersey-as-alexander-kristoff-wins-stage-16-a7143091.html |title=Tour de France 2016: Chris Froome retains yellow jersey as Peter Sagan wins stage 16 |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |date=18 July 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He won the opening stage of the Arctic Race of Norway for the second year in succession,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/arctic-race-of-norway-2016/stage-1/results/ |title=Arctic Race of Norway: Kristoff wins photo-finish sprint against Degenkolb in Rognan |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=11 August 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before he led home the main field at the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France, finishing third behind Oliver Naesen and Alberto Bettiol.{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/oliver-naesen-spoils-the-sprinters-party-to-claim-bretagne-classic-win-in-plouay-280051 |title=Oliver Naesen spoils the sprinters' party to claim Bretagne Classic |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=28 August 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} His final victories of the season came at the Tour des Fjords, where he won the general classification, three stages and the points classification.{{cite news |first=Aaron S. |last=Lee |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/kristoff-tops-gc-at-tour-des-fjords-with-final-stage-win-at-home_sto5822831/story.shtml |title=Kristoff tops GC at Tour des Fjords with final stage win at home |work=Eurosport |publisher=Discovery Communications, LLC |date=4 September 2016 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
==2017==
Kristoff won the points classification at his first two starts of the 2017 season, also winning a stage at the Étoile de Bessèges and three stages at the Tour of Oman.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/etoile-de-besseges-2017/stage-2/results/ |title=Etoile de Besseges: Kristoff opens his 2017 account with stage 2 victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=2 February 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.velouk.net/2017/02/19/news-third-oman-win-for-kristoff/ |title=News: Third Oman Win for Kristoff |work=VeloUK |publisher=LH Publishing |date=19 February 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He added another points classification victory at the Three Days of De Panne, winning a stage as well as finishing third overall.{{cite news |first=Nigel |last=Wynn |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/alexander-kristoff-wins-hectic-three-days-of-de-panne-stage-two-322381 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins hectic Three days of De Panne stage two |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=29 March 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-2017/stage-3b/results/ |title=Driedaagse De Panne: Gilbert takes the overall victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=30 March 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He recorded top-five finishes at both Milan–San Remo (fourth) and the Tour of Flanders (fifth) either side of the Three Days of De Panne,{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Westemeyer |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milan-san-remo-2017/results/ |title=Kwiatkowski wins Milan-San Remo |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=18 March 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tour-of-flanders-another-bittersweet-top-5-for-kristoff/ |title=Tour of Flanders: Another bittersweet top 5 for Kristoff |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=3 April 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before a third win at the Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz – equalling Erik Zabel's record – having been led out by Zabel's son Rick Zabel.{{cite news |url=https://www.sport1.de/news/radsport/2017/04/rick-zabel-bei-klassiker-in-frankfurt-zweiter-degenkolb-dritter |title=Zabel schrammt an Sieg vorbei |language=German |trans-title=Zabel narrowly misses victory |work=Sport1 |publisher=Sport1 Medien |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Having missed out on another stage win at the Tour de France – finishing second to Arnaud Démare on stage four following Peter Sagan's disqualification{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Windsor |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/arnaud-demare-wins-tour-de-france-stage-four-crash-blighted-finale-339528 |title=Arnaud Démare wins Tour de France stage four as Mark Cavendish taken down in crash |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=4 July 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} – Kristoff took a victory in his first race following the Tour de France, winning the RideLondon–Surrey Classic in a bunch sprint.{{cite news |first=Barry |last=Glendenning |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/30/alexander-kristoff-wins-ridelondon-surrey-classic-sprint-finish |title=Alexander Kristoff wins RideLondon-Surrey Classic in sprint finish |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=30 July 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
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The following weekend, Kristoff again won a bunch sprint for the men's road race title at the UEC European Road Championships in Denmark.{{cite news |url=https://uec.ch/en/actu/51/alexander-kristoff-wins-the-european-championship |title=Alexander Kristoff wins the European Championship |work=UEC.ch |publisher=Union Européenne de Cyclisme |date=6 August 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He took his first victory in the European champion's jersey at the Arctic Race of Norway, when he won the second stage, which finished on the runway at Bardufoss Airport, in a bunch sprint.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/arctic-race-of-norway-2017/stage-2/results/ |title=Alexander Kristoff wins stage 2 of Arctic Race of Norway |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=11 August 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He missed out in bunch sprints at the EuroEyes Cyclassics (fourth) and the Bretagne Classic Ouest-France (second),{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Windsor |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/elia-viviani-sprints-victory-cyclassics-hamburg-2017-347115 |title=Elia Viviani sprints to victory at Cyclassics Hamburg 2017 |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=20 August 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-ouest-france-plouay-2017/results/ |title=Viviani wins Bretagne Classic in Plouay |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=27 August 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before winning the points classification at the Tour of Britain, having finished each of the seven mass-start stages in either third, fourth or fifth place. Kristoff then won a silver medal in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships on home soil in Bergen, Norway.{{cite news |first=Julien |last=Pretot |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/peter-sagan-road-world-championships-alexander-kristoff-michael-matthews-a7964896.html |title=Road World Championships: Peter Sagan times attack to perfection to take third straight title |work=The Independent |publisher=Independent Digital News & Media Ltd |date=24 September 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Only being out-sprinted by Sagan, who won a third consecutive world title, Kristoff took Norway's third medal in the event – after Thor Hushovd's victory in 2010 and Edvald Boasson Hagen's silver medal in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.h-avis.no/sport/sykkel/vm/kristoff-solv-pa-hjemmebane-da-sagan-ble-historisk/s/5-62-484512 |title=Kristoff-sølv på hjemmebane da Sagan ble historisk |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Kristoff silver at home when Sagan became historic |work=Haugesunds Avis |publisher=Amedia |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=24 September 2017 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
=UAE Team Emirates (2018–2021)=
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In August 2017, it was confirmed that Kristoff had signed an initial two-year deal with {{UCI team code|UAD|2018}} starting from the 2018 season.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-reaches-deal-to-join-uae-team-emirates/ |title=Kristoff reaches deal to join UAE Team Emirates}} He moved there with fellow Norwegian Sven Erik Bystrøm.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/bystrom-joins-kristoff-in-move-to-uae-team-emirates-news-shorts/ |title=Bystrom joins Kristoff in move to UAE Team Emirates – News shorts}}
==2018==
Kristoff started his first season with his new team with a block of racing in the Middle East – riding at the Dubai Tour, the Tour of Oman and the Abu Dhabi Tour.{{cite web |last1=Farrand |first1=Stephen |title=Kristoff plans a February 'Grand Tour' for UAE Team Emirates debut |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/kristoff-plans-a-february-grand-tour-for-uae-team-emirates-debut/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=24 January 2018}} He took consecutive victories, winning the final stage of the Tour of Oman,{{cite web |last1=Westemeyer |first1=Susan |title=Lutsenko secures overall victory for Astana at Tour of Oman |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2018/stage-6/results/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=19 February 2018}} and the opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour.{{cite web |title=Abu Dhabi Tour: Kristoff wins opening stage |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/abu-dhabi-tour-2018/stage-1/results/ |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=21 February 2018 |date=21 February 2018}} After another fourth-place finish at Milan–San Remo,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milan-san-remo-2018/results/ |title=Vincenzo Nibali wins Milan-San Remo |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=17 March 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff took a record fourth victory at Eschborn–Frankfurt,{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Weislo |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/rund-um-den-finanzplatz-eschborn-frankfurt-2018/results/ |title=Kristoff wins fourth straight Eschborn-Frankfurt |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=1 May 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and a record-equalling second victory in the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton.{{cite news |first=Youri |last=IJnsen |url=https://www.wielerflits.be/nieuws/kristoff-vloert-concurrentie-in-gp-kanton-aargau/ |title=Kristoff vloert concurrentie in GP Kanton Aargau |language=Dutch |trans-title=Kristoff floors competition in GP Kanton Aargau |work=WielerFlits |publisher=WielerFlits BV |date=7 June 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} His only other victory during the season came at the Tour de France on the final Champs-Élysées stage,{{cite news |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/sport/kristoff-med-etterlengtet-etappeseier-pa-champs-lys-es/s/12-95-3423519235 |title=Kristoff med etterlengtet etappeseier på Champs-Élysées |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Kristoff with a long-awaited stage win on the Champs-Élysées |work=Nettavisen |publisher=Amedia |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=29 July 2018 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} the first Norwegian victory there since Thor Hushovd in 2006, as he finished in second place in the points classification to Peter Sagan, just as he did in 2014.
==2019==
Having started his 2019 season in Spain,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/dan-martin-aru-and-kristoff-to-start-season-at-challenge-mallorca/ |title=Dan Martin, Aru and Kristoff to start season at Challenge Mallorca |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=28 January 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff's first victory of the season came with a win on the opening stage of February's Tour of Oman, a record-extending ninth stage win at the race.{{cite news |first=Owen |last=Rogers |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/cycling-weekly/kristoff-wins-opening-stage-tour-oman-predicted-cross-winds-fail-materialise-407771 |title=Alexander Kristoff wins opening stage of Tour of Oman as predicted crosswinds fail to materialise |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=TI Media |date=16 February 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He then won Gent–Wevelgem in a group sprint of some thirty riders,{{cite news |first1=Brecht |last1=Decaluwé |first2=Dani |last2=Ostanek |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-2019/results/ |title=Kristoff wins Gent-Wevelgem |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=31 March 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before leading home a group of riders at the Tour of Flanders in third position, taking his first podium in a cycling monument since his 2015 Tour of Flanders victory.{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Fletcher |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-2019-tour-de-france-may-have-been-my-last/ |title=Kristoff: 2019 Tour de France may have been my last |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=6 January 2020 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff was beaten for the first time at Eschborn–Frankfurt since his début in 2012,{{cite news |url=https://www.uci.org/article/eschborn-frankfurt-alexander-kristoff-is-the-specialist/4WwKnXyik14ax57cT6m2Xs |title=Eschborn-Frankfurt: Alexander Kristoff is the specialist |work=UCI.org |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |date=30 April 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} as he finished third behind home riders Pascal Ackermann and John Degenkolb.{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Ballinger |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/pascal-ackermann-takes-home-glory-eschborn-frankfurt-2019-421993 |title=Pascal Ackermann takes home glory at Eschborn-Frankfurt 2019 |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=TI Media |date=1 May 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff then won each of his next two starts; he won the Tour of Norway, having taken the overall lead on the penultimate day with a stage win into Drammen,{{cite news |url=https://www.uaeteamemirates.com/30968/ |title=Kristoff Triumphs In Norway With Stage Win And Leaders Jersey |work={{UCI team code|UAD|2019}}|publisher=CGS Cycling Team AG|date=1 June 2019|accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.tourofnorway.no/gb/news/547/the-stage-for-halvorsen-the-overall-win-for-kristoff |title=The stage for Halvorsen, the overall win for Kristoff! |work=Tour of Norway |publisher=Fjords Cycling AS |date=2 June 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before he took a record third victory in the Grand Prix of Aargau Canton.{{cite news |url=https://www.uaeteamemirates.com/kristoff-claims-his-third-gp-canton-dargovie-gippingen-title/ |title=Kristoff claims his third GP Canton d'Argovie Gippingen title |work={{UCI team code|UAD|2019}}|publisher=CGS Cycling Team AG|date=13 June 2019|accessdate=3 November 2024}}
Following these successes, Kristoff extended his {{UCI team code|UAD|2019}} contract by a further two years, which would see him remain with the team until the end of the 2021 season.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-extends-contract-with-uae-team-emirates/ |title=Kristoff extends contract with UAE Team Emirates |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=21 June 2019 |access-date=25 December 2019}} At the Tour de France, Kristoff's best stage result was a second-place finish to Elia Viviani on stage four,{{cite news |first=Jeremy |last=Whittle |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jul/09/tour-de-france-elia-viviani-stage-four-sprint-julian-alaphilippe-cycling |title=Tour de France: Elia Viviani edges Kristoff in stage four bunch sprint |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian Media Group |date=9 July 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and in a January 2020 interview with Cyclingnews.com, he felt that he may have competed in his last Tour de France at that time. Over the remainder of the season, Kristoff took two further victories – winning the second stage of the Deutschland Tour, and the opening stage of the Okolo Slovenska – and recorded top-ten finishes in the road race at both the UEC European Road Championships (fourth) and the UCI Road World Championships (seventh), leading home the bunch sprint at both.{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Fletcher |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uec-road-european-championships-2019/mens-road-race/results/ |title=Viviani wins men's European Champion's title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=11 August 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Jonny |last=Long |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/mads-pedersen-takes-shock-world-title-yorkshire-world-championships-439082 |title=Mads Pedersen takes shock victory at Yorkshire 2019 World Championships |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=TI Media |date=29 September 2019 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
==2020–2021==
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Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic-enforced suspension of racing in 2020, Kristoff had taken a second-place finish at the Clásica de Almería,{{cite news |url=https://www.uaeteamemirates.com/kristoff-2nd-clasica-almeria/ |title=Kristoff 2nd in Clasica Almeria |work={{UCI team code|UAD|2020}}|publisher=CGS Cycling Team AG|date=16 February 2020|accessdate=3 November 2024}} and a third-place finish at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.{{cite news |first1=Barry |last1=Ryan |first2=Brecht |last2=Decaluwé |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/kuurne-brussel-kuurne-2020/elite-men/results/ |title=Kasper Asgreen wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=2 March 2020 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Following the resumption of racing, Kristoff ended up riding the Tour de France in August, following the postponement of the Giro d'Italia to October. At the Tour de France, Kristoff avoided all the crashes on the opening stage and won the final sprint in Nice, to take the yellow jersey,{{cite news |title=Kristoff: I know it's only for a day but I'll enjoy the yellow jersey at the Tour de France |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-i-know-its-only-for-a-day-but-ill-enjoy-the-yellow-jersey-at-the-tour-de-france/ |access-date=30 August 2020 |website=Cyclingnews.com |date=29 August 2020}} becoming the second Norwegian to do so after Thor Hushovd.{{cite news |url=https://www.velouk.net/2020/08/29/tour-de-france-stage-1-win-yellow-for-kristoff/ |title=Tour de France Stage 1: Win & Yellow for Kristoff |work=VeloUK |publisher=LH Publishing |date=29 August 2020 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He ultimately ceded the jersey to Julian Alaphilippe following the next stage, having lost nearly half an hour on a hilly parcours around Nice.{{cite web |title=Tour de France: Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 2 |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2020/stage-2/results/ |website=Cyclingnews.com |access-date=4 September 2020 |date=30 August 2020}} His only other podium finish during the season came at the Tour of Flanders, when he led a chasing group across the line in third place, eight seconds in arrears of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert.{{cite news |first=Brecht |last=Decaluwé |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alexander-kristoff-takes-unexpected-podium-at-tour-of-flanders/ |title=Alexander Kristoff takes unexpected podium at Tour of Flanders |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=18 October 2020 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
In 2021, Kristoff did not record any top-five results in the first third of the season, with his first such result coming at the one-day races held as part of the Vuelta a Mallorca – finishing fifth in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana and second in the Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia.{{cite news |url=https://www.uaeteamemirates.com/kristoff-podiums-mallorca-formolo-climbs-gc-giro/ |title=Kristoff podiums in Mallorca as Formolo climbs GC at Giro |work={{UCI team code|UAD|2021}}|publisher=CGS Cycling Team AG|date=16 May 2021|accessdate=3 November 2024}} He won the points classification at the Arctic Race of Norway, having finished each of the first two stages in second place. His only individual victories of the season came at August's Deutschland Tour,{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Weislo |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-considers-retirement-if-results-dont-come/ |title=Kristoff considers retirement if results don't come |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=7 January 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} winning the second and fourth stages as he finished the race in third place overall,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/deutschland-tour-2021/stage-2/results/ |title=Deutschland Tour: Alexander Kristoff wins stage 2 |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=27 August 2021 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/deutschland-tour-2021/stage-4/results/ |title=Alexander Kristoff takes unexpected podium at Tour of Flanders |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=29 August 2021 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before recording a further third-place finish in the Eschborn–Frankfurt held the following month.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eschborn-frankfurt-2021/elite-men/results/ |title=Jasper Philipsen wins Eschborn-Frankfurt |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=19 September 2021 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He did not ride any of the Grand Tours for the first time since 2010, his first season as a professional.
=Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux (2022)=
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In August 2021, Kristoff signed a one-year contract with {{UCI team code|IWG|2022}} for the 2022 season, where he was joined by his compatriot Sven Erik Bystrøm.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kristoff-bystrom-sign-with-intermarche-wanty-gobert-materiaux/ |title=Kristoff, Bystrøm sign with Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=4 August 2021 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Making his début with a block of racing in Spain, Kristoff took his first victory with the team, and in Spain as a whole, at the Clásica de Almería, winning in a bunch sprint.{{cite news |url=https://intermarche-wanty.eu/news/victories-in-2022-alexander-kristoff-wins-for-the-first-time-ever-in-spain/ |title=Victories in 2022 – Alexander Kristoff wins for the first time ever in Spain |work={{UCI team code|IWG|2022}}|publisher=Continuum Sports Belgium|accessdate=3 November 2024}} He then finished third in Milano–Torino,{{cite news |url=https://www.milanotorino.it/en/news/mark-cavendish-wins-the-2022-milano-torino-presented-by-eolo/ |title=Mark Cavendish wins the 2022 Milano-Torino presented by EOLO |work=Milano–Torino |publisher=RCS MediaGroup |date=16 March 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} tenth at the Tour of Flanders,{{cite news |url=https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/gallery-2022-mens-tour-of-flanders |title=Gallery: 2022 Men's Tour of Flanders |work=Rouleur |publisher=Gruppo Media Ltd. |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before a second win of the season at the Scheldeprijs – taking a solo victory, having attacked within the last {{convert|7|km|abbr=off}} of the race.{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Dabbs |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/alexander-kristoff-victorious-at-scheldeprijs-with-powerful-solo-attack |title=Alexander Kristoff victorious at Scheldeprijs with powerful solo attack |work=Cycling Weekly |publisher=Future plc |date=6 April 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff recorded further podium finishes at Eschborn–Frankfurt (third),{{cite news |url=https://www.eschborn-frankfurt.de/en/press-1/press-releases/pressemitteilungen-2022 |title=Bennett gifts BORA-hansgrohe the home victory at Eschborn-Frankfurt |work=Eschborn–Frankfurt |publisher=Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Radsports mbH |date=1 May 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and the Grand Prix du Morbihan (second),{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/grand-prix-du-morbihan-2022/elite-men/results/ |title=Simon outduels Kristoff to win GP du Morbihan |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=14 May 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before a stage victory at the Tour of Norway, winning the final stage in his home city of Stavanger.{{cite news |url=https://www.tourofnorway.no/gb/news/724/alexander-kristoff-wins-on-home-soil |title=Alexander Kristoff wins on home soil in Stavanger! |work=Tour of Norway |publisher=Fjords Cycling AS |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
Kristoff finished second to Rasmus Tiller in the Norwegian National Road Race Championships,{{cite news |url=https://www.dagsavisen.no/rogaland/sport/sykkel/2022/06/26/tiller-spurtslo-kristoff-og-vant-fellesstarten-i-sykkel-nm/ |title=Tiller spurtslo Kristoff og vant fellesstarten i sykkel-NM |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Tiller beat Kristoff in the sprint and won the mass start in the cycling NC |work=Dagsavisen |publisher=Mentor Medier AS |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=26 June 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before a third-place finish at the Tour of Leuven, leading a small group home behind Victor Campenaerts and Zdeněk Štybar.{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Farrand |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-leuven-memorial-jef-scherens-2022/elite-men/results/ |title=Victor Campenaerts wins Tour of Leuven |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=7 August 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Three days after the latter, Kristoff was able to get the better of Campenaerts and Dries Van Gestel when he won sprint into La Louvière at the finish of Circuit Franco-Belge.{{cite news |url=https://intermarche-wanty.eu/news/francobelge/ |title=Kristoff wins with panache and determination |work={{UCI team code|IWG|2022}}|publisher=Continuum Sports Belgium|accessdate=3 November 2024}} He was the top Norwegian finisher in the road race at the UEC European Road Championships in mid-August, finishing in eighth place,{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uec-road-european-championships-2022/elite-men-road-race/results/ |title=Fabio Jakobsen wins European Championships road race |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=14 August 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before he won the second stage of the Deutschland Tour at the end of the month.{{cite news |url=https://intermarche-wanty.eu/news/victories-in-2022-alexander-kristoff-comes-back-in-extremis-sprints-to-victory/ |title=Victories in 2022 – Alexander Kristoff comes back in extremis & sprints to victory |work={{UCI team code|IWG|2022}}|publisher=Continuum Sports Belgium|accessdate=3 November 2024}} He finished the season with a sixth-place finish in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Australia, with he and Tiller finishing as part of the lead group behind solo winner Remco Evenepoel.
=Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (2023–present)=
Kristoff did not extend his contract with {{UCI team code|IWG|2022}} into 2023, instead signing a three-year contract with UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|UXT men|2023}} from the 2023 season onwards.{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Fletcher |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/alexander-kristoff-signs-three-year-contract-with-uno-x/ |title=Alexander Kristoff signs three-year contract with Uno-X |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=1 August 2022 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff started the season in Iberia, finishing fourth in the Clásica de Almería, before taking his first victory with the team, winning a bunch sprint on the opening stage of the Volta ao Algarve in Lagos.{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Weislo |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2023/stage-1/results/ |title=Alexander Kristoff charges to first win of year on stage 1 at Volta ao Algarve |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=15 February 2023 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} His next victory came three months later, when he won in Stavanger for the second year in succession on the final stage of the Tour of Norway.{{cite news |first=Laura |last=Weislo |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-norway-2023/stage-3/results/ |title=Tour of Norway: Tulett secures overall win as Kristoff nails final stage |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=29 May 2023 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Either side of the Tour de France, Kristoff finished second in the Norwegian National Road Race Championships behind teammate and solo winner Fredrik Dversnes,{{cite news |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/dversnes-overlistet-kristoff-_-tok-nm-gull-1.16460291 |title=Dversnes overlistet Kristoff – tok NM-gull |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Dversnes outwitted Kristoff - took NC gold |website=NRK |date=25 June 2023 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} and then second in the Egmont Cycling Race, having been out-sprinted by Jasper De Buyst. Kristoff finished the season with a second-place overall finish at the CRO Race, where he also won the points classification.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cro-race-2023/stage-6/results/ |title=Orluis Aular wins CRO Race despite late crash on final stage |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=1 October 2023 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
Kristoff started the 2024 season with a second-place finish to Gerben Thijssen in the Trofeo Palma in January, held as part of the Vuelta a Mallorca one-day races.{{cite news |first=James |last=Moultrie |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/challenge-mallorca-2024/trofeo-palma/results/ |title=Gerben Thijssen wins chaotic final sprint at Challenge Mallorca - Trofeo Palma |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=28 January 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} Kristoff's first win of the year did not come until May, when he won the Elfstedenronde from a small group.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/cycling/elfstedenronde/2024/elfstedenronde-highlights-alexander-kristoff-seals-first-win-of-season-with-sprint-victory_vid2132507/video.shtml |title=Elfstedenronde highlights: Alexander Kristoff seals first win of season with sprint victory |work=Eurosport |publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery |date=5 May 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He won his next start as well, coming at the Antwerp Port Epic,{{cite news |first1=Dani |last1=Ostanek |first2=Kirsten |last2=Frattini |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/antwerp-port-epic-2024/elite-men/results/ |title=Alexander Kristoff wins Antwerp Port Epic |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=19 May 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before a third-consecutive final stage victory in Stavanger at the Tour of Norway.{{cite news |url=https://tourofnorway.no/gb/news/807/alexander-kristoff-kongen-av-stavanger-nok-en-gang |title=Three wins in a row for Alexander Kristoff |work=Tour of Norway |publisher=Fjords Cycling AS |date=26 May 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} A third Belgian one-day victory of 2024 came for Kristoff at the Heistse Pijl at the start of June, before he won the first two stages of the Arctic Race of Norway in August.{{cite news |first=Jackie |last=Tyson |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/arctic-race-of-norway-2024/stage-1/results/ |title=Arctic Race of Norway: Alexander Kristoff sprints to stage 1 victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=4 August 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Dani |last=Ostanek |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/arctic-race-of-norway-2024/stage-2/results/ |title=Arctic Race of Norway: Alexander Kristoff doubles up with stage 2 victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=5 August 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} He recorded a fifth-place finish in the road race at the UEC European Road Championships in Belgium,{{cite news |first=Stephen |last=Farrand |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uec-road-european-championships-2024/elite-men-road-race/results/ |title=European Championships: Tim Merlier fastest in bunch sprint to win elite men's road race title |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=15 September 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}} before concluding his season with two stage victories at the CRO Race.{{cite news |first=James |last=Moultrie |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cro-race-2024/stage-1/results/ |title=CRO Race: Alexander Kristoff moves closer to 100th career win with stage 1 victory |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=1 October 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Challis |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/cro-race-2024/stage-5/results/ |title=CRO Race: Alexander Kristoff takes sprint victory on stage 5 |work=Cyclingnews.com |publisher=Future plc |date=5 October 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}
Personal life
Kristoff married Maren Kommedal at Stavanger Cathedral in October 2014,{{cite news |first=Kjell-Ivar |last=Gilje Grøndal |url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/sport/i/MgMyKR/kristoff-det-strste-jeg-har-opplevd |title=Kristoff: – Det største jeg har opplevd |language=no |trans-title=Kristoff: – The biggest thing I have experienced |work=Stavanger Aftenblad |publisher=Schibsted |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=5 September 2020}} and the couple have four children.{{cite news |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/im-33-and-have-four-kids-but-still-managed-to-win-says-alexander-kristoff-after-tour-de-france-victory-465267 |title=Alexander Kristoff: 'I'm 33 and have four kids but still managed to win' |first=Jonny |last=Long |work=Cycling Weekly |date=29 August 2020 |access-date=5 September 2020}} His younger half-brother Felix Ørn-Kristoff (born 2006) is also a cyclist, who has won a bronze medal in the junior road race at the 2023 UCI Road World Championships and a gold medal in the same event at the 2024 European Road Championships.{{cite news |first=Iain |last=Treloar |url=https://escapecollective.com/a-smattering-of-side-stories-from-the-super-worlds/ |title=A smattering of side stories from the Super Worlds |website=Escape Collective |date=9 August 2023 |accessdate=3 November 2024}}{{cite news |first=Joakim |last=Opphus |url=https://www.eurosport.no/sykkel/kristoff-om-brorens-em-triumf-ikke-helt-uventet_sto20037055/story.shtml |title=Kristoff om brorens EM-triumf: – Ikke helt uventet |language=Norwegian |trans-title=Kristoff about his brother's EC triumph: - Not entirely unexpected |work=Eurosport |publisher=Warner Bros. Discovery |date=14 September 2024 |accessdate=3 November 2024 |quote=Det norske stortalentet og halvbroren til Alexander Kristoff, Felix Ørn-Kristoff, spurtet lørdag inn til EM-gull for junior. |trans-quote=The Norwegian great talent and half-brother of Alexander Kristoff, Felix Ørn-Kristoff, sprinted to the EC gold for juniors on Saturday.}}
Major results
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;2005
: 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
: 10th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships
;2006
: Grenland GP
::1st Stages 1 & 2
;2007 (1 pro win)
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} Road race, National Road Championships
: 5th Poreč Trophy
: 6th Colliers Classic
;2008
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} Criterium, National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 4 Ringerike GP
: 2nd Rogaland Grand Prix
: 2nd Poreč Trophy
;2009
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st Stage 3 Ringerike GP
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Sandefjord Grand Prix
: 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne
: 5th La Côte Picarde
: 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
: 7th Druivenkoers Overijse
: 9th Poreč Trophy
: 9th ZLM Tour
: 10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
;2010
: 3rd Philadelphia International Championship
: 4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
: 5th Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
: 8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
: 9th Paris–Bruxelles
: 10th Scheldeprijs
: 10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
;2011 (1)
: 1st {{cjersey|norway}} Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
: 7th Scheldeprijs
: 7th Paris–Bruxelles
: 7th London–Surrey Cycle Classic
: 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
;2012 (2)
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 3a
: 2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 3rd 15px Road race, Olympic Games
: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
: 3rd Overall World Ports Classic
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 4th Overall Danmark Rundt
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 4
: 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
;2013 (6)
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5
: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 3a
: 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
: 4th Overall Tour des Fjords
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 3 (TTT)
: 4th Tour of Flanders
: 4th Brussels Cycling Classic
: 5th Scheldeprijs
: 8th Milan–San Remo
: 9th Paris–Roubaix
;2014 (14)
: 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour des Fjords
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
: 1st Milan–San Remo
: 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
: 1st Vattenfall Cyclassics
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 5
::1st Stages 12 & 15
: 1st Stage 2 Tour of Oman
: 2nd Overall Arctic Race of Norway
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 5th Tour of Flanders
: 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 8th UCI World Tour
: 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
: 8th GP Ouest-France
;2015 (20)
: 1st {{cjersey|white}} Overall Three Days of De Panne
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3a
: 1st Tour of Flanders
: 1st GP Ouest-France
: 1st Scheldeprijs
: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 1
: 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice
: 1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Oman
: 2nd Milan–San Remo
: 2nd Vattenfall Cyclassics
: 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
::1st {{cjersey|silver}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
: 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
: 4th UCI World Tour
: 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 4th E3 Harelbeke
: 8th Overall Tour of Norway
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 9th Overall Tour des Fjords
::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
: 9th Gent–Wevelgem
: 10th Paris–Roubaix
;2016 (13)
: 1st {{cjersey|gold}} Overall Tour des Fjords
::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2, 3 & 5
: 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
::1st Stages 3 & 6
: 1st Stage 1 Arctic Race of Norway
: 1st Stage 7 Tour of California
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
::1st {{cjersey|silver}} Points classification
::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
: 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 1
: 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 3rd Bretagne Classic
: 4th Tour of Flanders
: 5th EuroEyes Cyclassics
: 6th Milan–San Remo
: 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
;2017 (9)
: 1st {{cjersey|europe}} Road race, UEC European Road Championships
: 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
: 1st London–Surrey Classic
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stages 1, 4 & 6
::1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 1st {{cjersey|orange}} Points classification, Tour of Britain
: 2nd 15px Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 2nd Bretagne Classic
: 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
::1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification
::1st Stage 2
: 4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
::1st Stage 2
: 4th Milan–San Remo
: 4th EuroEyes Cyclassics
: 5th Tour of Flanders
: 7th Münsterland Giro
;2018 (5)
: 1st Eschborn–Frankfurt
: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
: 1st Stage 21 Tour de France
: 1st Stage 1 Abu Dhabi Tour
: 1st Stage 6 Tour of Oman
: 3rd EuroEyes Cyclassics
: 4th Milan–San Remo
: 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 9th Overall Dubai Tour
;2019 (7)
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Norway
::1st {{cjersey|dark blue}} Points classification
::1st Stage 5
: 1st Gent–Wevelgem
: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
: 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
: 1st Stage 1a Okolo Slovenska
: 1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour
: 3rd Tour of Flanders
: 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt
: 4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
: 4th EuroEyes Cyclassics
: 7th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 7th London–Surrey Classic
: 7th Brussels Cycling Classic
;2020 (1)
::1st Stage 1
::Held {{cjersey|yellow}} after Stage 1
::Held {{cjersey|green}} after Stages 1 & 2
: 2nd Clásica de Almería
: 3rd Tour of Flanders
: 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
;2021 (2)
: 1st {{cjersey|green}} Points classification, Arctic Race of Norway
: 2nd Trofeo Alcúdia–Port d'Alcúdia
: 3rd Overall Deutschland Tour
::1st Stages 2 & 4
: 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt
: 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
: 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
;2022 (5)
: 1st Scheldeprijs
: 1st Clásica de Almería
: 1st Circuit Franco-Belge
: 1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour
: 1st Stage 6 Tour of Norway
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Grand Prix du Morbihan
: 3rd Milano–Torino
: 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt
: 3rd Tour of Leuven
: 4th Paris–Bourges
: 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
: 7th Gooikse Pijl
: 8th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
: 9th Brussels Cycling Classic
: 10th Tour of Flanders
: 10th Hamburg Cyclassics
;2023 (2)
: 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve
: 1st Stage 3 Tour of Norway
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Overall CRO Race
::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification
: 2nd Egmont Cycling Race
: 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
: 4th Clásica de Almería
: 4th Grand Prix de Fourmies
: 7th Super 8 Classic
: 7th Gooikse Pijl
;2024 (8)
: 1st Antwerp Port Epic
: 1st Elfstedenronde
: 1st Heistse Pijl
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: CRO Race
::1st Stages 1 & 5
: 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
: 2nd Trofeo Palma
: 4th Ronde van Limburg
: 5th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
: 5th Hamburg Cyclassics
: 10th Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx
;2025 (1)
: 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
: 4th Gent–Wevelgem
: 8th Scheldeprijs
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=Classics results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Monument
! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | — | — | 131 | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:silver;" |2 | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 14 | 83 | 89 | 26 | — | 85 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | — | — | 15 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | 16 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | 18 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | 18 | 74 | 55 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix | DNF | DNF | 57 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | 48 | DNF | 57 | 56 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | 14 | 12 | 15 | 21 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=16 rowspan=2|Has not contested during his career |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia |
| Classic
! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 ! scope="col" | 2025 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | 101 | 138 | 77 | 11 | 101 | DNF | — | — | DNF | 58 | 60 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 14 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | DNF | — | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH | 11 | style="background:silver;" |2 | style="background:silver;" |2 | 21 | — | — | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | 40 | 11 | 43 | 118 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Milano–Torino | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2|Not held | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 68 | — | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | — | 16 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | 112 | — | 20 | 13 | — | — | — | 76 | 12 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2|NH | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | 31 | 27 | 77 | DNF |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | E3 Harelbeke | — | — | 94 | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 53 | 27 | 40 | 21 | 66 | — | DNF | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Gent–Wevelgem | DNF | — | — | 14 | 11 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | DNS | 73 | 25 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 19 | 28 | 11 | 69 | DNS | style="background:#ddf;" |4 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Scheldeprijs | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | 17 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | 15 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 15 | — | — | — | 13 | 33 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 88 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Eschborn–Frankfurt | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | — | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=2|NH | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | 12 | 45 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Hamburg Cyclassics | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 14 | 11 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:silver;" |2 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Bretagne Classic | — | — | — | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="background:silver;" |2 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
=Major championships results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| ! scope="col" | 2006
! scope="col" | 2007 ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Gold medal olympic.svg Olympic Games | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2|Not held | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=3|Not held | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=4|Not held | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2|Not held | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|rainbow}} World Championships | — | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | style="background:silver;" |2 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — | 21 | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|europe}} European Championships | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=10|Race did not exist | — | style="background:gold;" | 1 | 11 | style="background:#ddf;" | 4 | DNF | DNF | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |5 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|norway}} National Championships | 21 | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | style="background:silver;" |2 | — | style="background:gold;" |1 | style="background:#C9AE5D;"|3 | style="background:silver;" |2 | 16 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | style="background:silver;" |2 | 50 | 27 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | style="background:#ddf;" |6 | DNF | style="background:silver;" |2 | style="background:silver;" |2 | DNS |
=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable" |
| ! scope="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012 ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 157 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 149 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:right;"|Stages won | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:right;"|Points classification | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 30 | style="background:#EEE8AA;"| 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
| — | — | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 147 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 125 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 130 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 149 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 130 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 114 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 139 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 132 | — | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 102 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 134 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 131 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:right;"|Stages won | — | — | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="text-align:right;"|Points classification | — | — | style="background:#EEE8AA;"| 5 | style="background:#D8BFD8;"| 2 | style="background:#EEE8AA;"| 10 | style="background:#EEE8AA;"| 5 | style="background:#EEE8AA;"| 4 | style="background:#D8BFD8;"| 2 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 18 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 11 | — | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 24 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 28 | style="background:#DDDDDD;"| 19 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=14 rowspan=3|Has not contested during his career |
| style="text-align:right;"|Stages won |
| style="text-align:right;"|Points classification |
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